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C. • PUBLIC HEARINGSCity of Galveston (Galveston County)

<span style="margin-left:0in;">Consider For Approval An Ordinance Of The City Of Galveston, Texas, Creating A Planned Unit Development (PUD) Overlay Zoning District In A Residential, Single-Family (R-1) Base Zoning District To Allow The Property To Be Used As A Place Of Private Assembly On Property Commonly Known As 7402 Stewart Road, And Which Is Legally Described As Abstract 121 Hall & Jones Sur

Presented in: City of Galveston City Council Regular Meeting on 2026-08-27
Meeting Agenda PDF

Official Roll-Call Vote

Expands Gov't • 7.1/10 Impact Weight
PASSED (7 - 0)
“Motion to approve <span style="margin-left:0in;">Consider For Approval An Ordinance Of The City Of Galveston, Texas, Creating A Planned Unit Development (PUD) Overlay Zoning District In A Residential, Single-Family (R-1) Base Zoning District To Allow The Property To Be Used As A Place Of Private Assembly On Property Commonly Known As 7402 Stewart Road, And Which Is Legally Described As Abstract 121 Hall & Jones Sur”
JP
John Paul Listowski
Mayor (At-Large)
YES
SB
Sharon B. Lewis
Councilmember, District 1 (District 1)
YES
JL
Jeffrey L. Taylor
Councilmember, District 2 (District 2)
YES
BB
Bob Brown
Councilmember, District 3 (District 3)
YES
AP
Alex Porretto
Councilmember, District 4 (District 4)
YES
MN
Michael Niebuhr
Councilmember, District 5 (District 5)
YES
JM
Jason M. Hardcastle
Councilmember, District 6 (District 6)
YES

Staff Report & Agenda Item Details

<span style="margin-left:0in;">Consider For Approval An Ordinance Of The City Of Galveston, Texas, Creating A Planned Unit Development (PUD) Overlay Zoning District In A Residential, Single-Family (R-1) Base Zoning District To Allow The Property To Be Used As A Place Of Private Assembly On Property Commonly Known As 7402 Stewart Road, And Which Is Legally Described As Abstract 121 Hall & Jones Survey, Part Of Lot 139 (139-6) Trimble & Lindsey Section 1, In The City And County Of Galveston, Texas; Planning Case Number 26P-036; Making Various Findings And Provisions Related To The Subject; And Providing For An Effective Date. (D. Lunsford)</span>

Bastiat Liberty & Property Rights Analysis

This motion is scored as EXPANDS_GOVERNMENT (Impact Weight: 7.1/10). Under the Bastiat Liberty Watchdog Index, measures that increase tax rates or fee schedules, issue new debt or Certificates of Obligation, expand regulatory/zoning restrictions on private land use, or authorize unbudgeted spending expansions reduce an official's Freedom Score when voted YES (and reward dissenting NO votes).